Tall ice cliffs calve fast but may not spark runaway Antarctic collapse, study finds
New laser altimetry observations of Antarctic and Greenland ice cliffs show that very tall calving fronts are rare and calve ...
Tag: Antarctica
Hidden eruptions emerge from Antarctic ice caves as geochemical fingerprints reveal a secret volcanic past
Geochemical clustering of ash preserved in fumarolic ice caves on Mount Melbourne has revealed a previously unknown Holocene eruption and ...
Hidden Antarctic Lake Drains Billions of Liters as Satellites Catch the Sinking Ice
Researchers used double-differential SAR interferometry with Sentinel-1 data to document the rapid drainage of Antarctica's Kronshtadskiy subglacial lake, which lost ...
Hidden Seawater Intrusions Double Thwaites Glacier’s Projected Sea-Level Rise
A new observation-constrained ice-sheet model shows that kilometer-scale seawater intrusions at Thwaites Glacier's grounding zone double its projected sea-level contribution ...
Antarctic Rivers of Melt: Satellite Record Reveals Hidden Plumbing of Nivlisen Ice Shelf
An eight-year satellite study of East Antarctica's Nivlisen Ice Shelf reveals meltwater rivers that swell, connect and vanish with the ...
New Model Simulates Radar Echoes from Snow and Ice to Sharpen Satellite Altimetry
Researchers have extended the open-source SMRT model to simulate delay-Doppler radar altimeter echoes from cryospheric surfaces, validating it against Sentinel-3 ...
Hidden RNA Viruses Revealed in Antarctic Krill and Their Predators
Metatranscriptomic sequencing of 403 Antarctic samples has uncovered 58 RNA viruses, most of them new to science, with evidence suggesting ...
Winds Blow Holes in Antarctic Ice, Then Waves Shatter It From Within
Rare wave-buoy measurements in Antarctica's Vincennes Bay Polynya reveal that locally generated wind waves break the surrounding sea ice from ...
Dust Trapped in Antarctic Ice Reveals 7,000 Years of Strengthening Southern Winds
A new dust record from the South Pole Ice Core shows that the Southern Hemisphere Westerly Winds strengthened and shifted ...
Chemical Fingerprints in Antarctic Mud Reveal 200 Years of Growing Sea Ice in the Ross Sea
Sedimentary biomarkers and diatom fossils from the southwestern Ross Sea reveal that sea ice duration has increased over the past ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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